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I have to look up the wording again, but this issue was clarified the second year of the CR rule; the p/c run for must have batted themselves.
Another illegal version is to report the DP as the pitcher before s/he bats; but the rule requires the batter to be the player who last played the position defensively, plus the "top of first" rule.
However, in a tie breaker situation, if the ninth batter is the p/c; s/he is interpreted as "earning" her/his way on base; so can be replaced by a CR.
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